Murderer! But at least it probably tasted briefly nice, so you get points for that, I suppose.
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āNot even one feluccaā - am I remembering that right?
awww.
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I have despatched 30 or so sorry little ants, Armitage. I actually like these little beasties (although not their bittiness), but havenāt been able to track their warpaths. MaƱana.
Soo xx
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Now I am feeling guilty about stuff I donāt even understand, Gus!
Iāll share a vat of gin with you, on the morrow, but I must contend with a family visit and a Synod meeting (please donāt ask, I am not worthy) first. {{{Droop}}}
Soo (otb) xx
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blimes, Soo. You canāt go off to a Synod feeling guilty, even misplacedly. Iām sure that ānot even one feluccaā came up in one of the Ant and Bee books, one that was vaguely alphabetical in theme.
Please donāt droop, and more power to all six elbows for family and Synoddery.
Gxxx
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A Sinnersā Meeting, did you say? Perhaps you should go easy on the feluccioā¦
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BTW had dinner this evening. Lamb (butcher hadnāt heard of Hassett Hills), roasties, parsnip, green beans, flavoursome gravy, mint sauce. Belgian beer. Lemon meringue. 
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They keep that to fortify some of their cheaper wines these days, as I understand it.
When you find the antās nest. Get them addicted to something. Methās is good. Pour a small bottle of it over the nest and then throw a lit match.
No! Itās not cruel, though townies keep claiming that.
They donāt understandā¦ Itās traditional, the ants donāt suffer and they like it.
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I eat them fried in a little butter with a nice Chianti.
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Thatās just weirdā¦ Unless you buy the genuine Italian Chianti. Laced with anti-freeze.
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Seems fair, theyāre basically a vehicle for the butter.
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Have you considered an arrangement with these people, Soo?
You supply one of the ingrediants and they give you some of the finished product.
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One can never be quite sure when a Dane is having a vast, complicated joke at the expense of the world, can one. If the Nordic Food Lab were in Finland one would know, but Danes can be tricksy.
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Yes indeed. The Danes are like thatā¦ But somehow, you just want it to be true.
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I am in two minds, to be honest. Anyway, the supply of ants appears to have dried up.
Soo xx
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Noma in Copenhagen were certainly serving ants in their tasting menu when ED was training there a few years ago.
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Keep this under your hat, but I can get you some antsā¦ Cheap.
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Iād eat them to save my life, I suppose. While on holiday in Mallorca, many moons ago (cheap apartment, never again) OH and I were obliged to sleep om makeshift beds on the floor. I awoke in the middle of the night feeling that I had prickly heat all over my body. It wasnāt PH (phew) it was antsā¦
Soo xx
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Iām not sure thatās much of an improvementā¦
As to the Ant Gin, the Cambridge Distillery seems genuine enough. Iām not in a position to fork out Ā£200 + p&p + duty to confirm, though. Even if I were, I donāt think I would
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Re the gin - we could have a whip-round and share a bottle between us, I sāpose.
Being covered in ants was quite nightmarish and also annoying as OH had none on him.
Soo xx
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